"The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research."

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Source : "The Scientific Work of Georges Lemaître". Commentarii (Pontifical Academy of Sciences journal), Volume 2, 11, 1968.

Paul Dirac

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“Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.”
“friends don't threaten friends' distributor caps”

Source : C.E. Murphy (2009). “Urban Shaman”, p.80, LUNA
“Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time.”
“With two women every week in England and Wales being killed by their partner or ex-partner, we need to act now to end domestic violence. I am only too pleased to add my name to the Real Man campaign for Women's Aid.”
“Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. It's a high-class problem, but it's real.”

Source : "One-Man Show: Hank Azaria". Interview with Mickey Parkin, www.elle.com. March 14, 2012.
“My son Hannibal will be a great general, because of all my soldiers he best knows how to obey.”
“I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.”
“I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way”

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